Japanese gov't says to closely work with BOJ amid market turmoil

TOKYO, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Japanese government will work closely with the country's central bank to guarantee an appropriate response to recent market volatility as a result of worries about U.S. and European banks, said a senior official from the Finance Ministry on Friday.

After a meeting between Finance Ministry officials, the Bank of Japan and the Financial Services Agency, Masato Kanda, vice finance minist